OXON: A husband was found dead in bed two days after his wife died, an inquest heard yesterday.

Christopher Church, 38, was found at his mother’s home in Cardigan Street, Jericho, on March 3. The medical cause of death was aspiration pneumonitis – meaning damage to the lungs caused by digesting vomit. A mixture of prescribed and illegal drugs were found in his system. Deputy coroner Nicholas Graham recorded an open verdict.